2ckm

TORPEDO CALIFORNICA ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE COMPLEXED WITH ALKYLENE-LINKED BIS-TACRINE DIMER (7 CARBON LINKER)
(see also AChE bivalent inhibitors)

 2d and 2f are bis(n)-tacrine derivatives with n=5 and 7 (number of carbons in the linkers), respectively. These compounds are more potent and selective AChE inhibitors than tacrine alone. The binding of the first tacrine moiety of 2d at the TcAChE catalytic anionic site (CAS) is similar to that of tacrine alone (1acj). The second tacrine moiety of the 2d interacts with peripheral anionic site (PAS) near the Trp279. The interaction of 2d at CAS caused increase of the distance between Ser200 Oγ and H440 Nε2 atoms, and, therefore, disruption of the catalytic triad (Ser200, H220, E327) compared with the native structure (2ace). This binding results in major structural changes in the Val281-Ser291 loop causing a significant change in the surface of the active-site gorge in comparison to the native structure (2ace). The first tacrine moiety of the compound 2f (heptylene-linked bis-tacrine, 2ckm) also adopts similar conformation as tacrine alone and the first tacrine moiety of the 2d at the CAS. The second tacrine moiety of the 2f interacts with PAS near the Trp279, similar to 2d. The binding of the 2f does not cause significant structural changes in the TcAChE upon forming the complex in comparison to the native TcAChE structure. Comparison of the 2d and 2f reveals different contacts between the second tacrine moieties of these compounds and TcAChE. There are two additional structures of complexes of TcAChE with tacrine-containing AChE inhibitors: compounds 6 (1ut6) and <scene name='2cmf/Comparison/9'>7 (1odc). The tacrine moieties of these compounds display similar conformations and interactions with CAS as tacrine alone, 2d and 2f. Both inhibitors 6 and 7 are spanning the <scene name='2cmf/Comparison/10'>active-site gorge from the CAS up to the PAS, but since compound 7 lacks the second tacrine moiety, Trp279 adopts a different conformation in this complex structure. In the three structures: native (cyan), TcAChE-cmp 6 complex (white), and TcAChE-cmp 7 complex (crimson), except of Trp279, all the other TcAChE active-site gorge residues have similar conformations.

About this Structure
2CKM is a 1 chain structure of sequence from Torpedo californica. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.

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